Johnson's a shadow boxer who doesn't support a soloist as much as he challenges him.
Dave McElfresh, JAZZ NOW
Born In Minneapolis, Jeff Johnson ("Free" to some of his colleagues) left at age 20, spending time in Philadelphia and New York, and has worked with a veritable who's who of great jazz musicians such as Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Rouse, Barney Kessel, Chet Baker, Lew Tabackin, Eddie Daniels, Mark Murphy, Joanne Brackeen, Julian Priester, Jay Clayton, Marlena Shaw, Billy Hart, Annie Ross, George Cables, Bud Shank, Claudio Roditti, Ernestine Anderson, and Michael Wolfe, to name just a few.
Jeff met Jessica Williams in Seattle in 1991 and Hal Galper at the Port Townsend Festival in 1993, great pianists with whom he has had ongoing musical relationships. He is one of the most on-call working musicians in the competitive Seattle musical arena, and his contribution to jazz is substantial and continuing.
He now leads various small ensembles, composes, goes on the road frequently, and is involved in numerous projects and recording dates around the world.
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Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22175
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Cheryl Fisher
OA2 Records 22133
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Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22125
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Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22093
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The Vocal Jazz Collective
OA2 Records 22068
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Carrie Wicks
OA2 Records 22065
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Gail Pettis
OA2 Records 22059
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Jeff Baker
OA2 Records 22056
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Katie King
OA2 Records 22043
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Gail Pettis
OA2 Records 22038
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Jeff Baker
OA2 Records 22031
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82871
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Scenes
Origin 82862
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Ben Black
Origin 82835
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Scenes
Origin 82807
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Hal Galper Trio
Origin 82793
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Thomas Marriott
Origin 82765
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Bill Anschell
Origin 82757
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Hans Teuber & Jeff Johnson
Origin 82756
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Hal Galper Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi
Origin 82751
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Emi Meyer
Origin 82742
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Scenes
Origin 82736
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Tad Britton
Origin 82697
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Marc Seales
Origin 82680
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Hal Galper
Origin 82670
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Marc Seales
Origin 82658
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Scenes
Origin 82657
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82629
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Hal Galper Trio
Origin 82628
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Hal Galper
Origin 82602
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Wellstone Conspiracy
Origin 82600
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Scenes
Origin 82594
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Thomas Marriott
Origin 82577
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Richard Cole
Origin 82575
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Randy Halberstadt
Origin 82571
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Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott
Origin 82561
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Wellstone Conspiracy
Origin 82560
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Hal Galper
Origin 82557
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Scenes
Origin 82555
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Jon Alberts / Jeff Johnson / Tad Britton
Origin 82538
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Chad McCullough
Origin 82535
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Mark Taylor
Origin 82529
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Thomas Marriott
Origin 82526
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82518
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Various Artists
Origin 82494
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Brent Jensen w/ Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop
Origin 82493
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Richard Cole
Origin 82492
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Tad Britton
Origin 82481
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Hal Galper / Jeff Johnson / John Bishop
Origin 82476
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Thomas Marriott
Origin 82474
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Scenes
Origin 82470
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Bill Anschell
Origin 82469
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John Bishop
Origin 82455
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Thomas Marriott
Origin 82442
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Randy Halberstadt
Origin 82435
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82429
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Various Artists
Origin 82423
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Various Artists
Origin 82408
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John Bishop with Jeff Johnson, Rick Mandyck, John Stowell
Origin 82390
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Ben Black
Origin 82387
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82386
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Jeff Johnson
Origin 82370
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Steve Korn
Origin 82368
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Richard Cole
Origin 82366
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John Bishop
Origin 82358
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Mike Denny Rick Mandyck Jeff Johnson John Bishop
Origin 82357